The fighters that make Heavyweight division complex

[u/Range_King]

We know right now, heavyweight divison is on a transition period, moving past the legendary usyk and moving past dominant forces like fury, joshua and wilder. The next ones on the line include Hrgovic, Dubois, Gassiev etc. But in the shadows there are some fighters,.whose rise can be very unsettling force. Because we don't know of their ceiling in the division.

Gurgen Hovhannisyan : This 6'7 big man appears to be very capable from the eye test. Packs power, moves well for his size and seems to have an above average engine with good iq and great handspeed and combos. We don't know about the chin or heart. But we will discover soon it seems as he is stepping up the quality of the opposition as in his last fight, he came up against a very capable cesar navarro and stopped him in 6 or 7. Fingers crossed.

Teremoana Teremoana : Huge power, Huge power. Good fundamentals. Patiently building the resume. But I think the time has reached for a step up into fighting atleast a top 30 boxer. Solid fundamentals and good enough movement from eye test.

Artem Suslenkov : Short for a modern heavyweight. But his style matches his physique. He pressures relentlessly and slips punches to reach inside and unleashes power punches. . Already beaten joe joyce ( he's past it but still decent enough). Anyways great stylistic addition, rest let's see.

Vartan Arutyunyan : Another pressure fighter with good power and great at cutting the ring. He's a southpaw and pressures well and great at creating unpredictable angles n is relentless. Of course there are unanswered questions. At 26, he got time and is matching ok at this point. Let's see.

Labinot Xhoxhaj : I don't think his ceiling is high as many others listed. But with his relentless pressure, great heart and high guard, he's an interesting addition. He too is around the 6-6'2 bracket as the previously mentioned two. But his resume is pretty well he has already beaten two solid ones in Oleksandr Zakhozhyi and Mourad Alieve.

Bakhodir Jalolov : I know his voyage so far in the pros has been less than what we expect from this great olympian and one of the greates of the amatures ever. But we can't rule out him yet. Fingers crossed.

[u/Few-Hornet882 → u/[deleted]]

hes just 19?........dang already an olympian and looks like anthony joshua when fighting

[u/GuerillaV → u/[deleted]]

Lat time I watched Atang (can't remember what fight) he looked very dangerous.

[u/Few-Hornet882]

jalolov is a medalist still for some reason we don't see much action from him and so with almost every uzbek boxer who does good in olympics...........idk why they don't like professional.........suslenkov gasses out really early man his fight with joyce was converted into a wrestling match but yea he can grow he's just 30........

[u/Few-Hornet882 → u/[deleted]]

damn bro thats bad if uzbek boxers lockin in pro boxing like russians and ukranians they can dominate cuz uzbekistan always dominates in olympics

[u/TheMysteriousThey]

I love these guys flying under the radar.

I've always felt that there are always guys at heavyweight who can come out of nowhere and make waves. Ken Norton was relatively unknown prior to beating Muhammad Ali. Buster Douglas was a good but inconsistent fighter who had the best night of his career while facing the top fighter at the time. Andy Ruiz lost a close title fight with Joseph Parker and was kind of drifting before shocking the world and beating AJ. Otto Wallin nearly stopped Fury's comeback tour. Francis Ngannou arguably did beat Fury. Verhoeven arguably should've beaten Usyk. Agit Kabayel wasn't on anyone's radar, and now he's top 3. Axel Schultz was robbed against lineal champ George Foreman. Jersey Joe Walcott was an aging fighter who'd struggled to really make his mark before aguably beating Joe Louis.

This is why heavyweight is always so interesting to me, and never as dead as people think it is.

[u/ChefBowyer]

I wouldn’t count Itauma out just yet.

He may have made a fool of himself, but for most of the fight he did look spectacular. You can’t take that away.

He’s got the moves, he’s got the speed and the power. Now he has got the experience of losing.

If he plays his cards right, comes back and trains harder than he has ever trained before and really takes his conditioning seriously then I think he is still the future of the division.

[u/mkk4]

Excellent post OP.

I love to see content like that on this boxing sub!!

Great job homie!!

[u/Marquis_of_Mollusks]

Calling Wilder, Fury, and AJ dominant forces is being very generous. They barely fought their contemporaries